The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Conservative meetings multiply throughout the kingdom, and in each successive meeting the true Conservative spirit not only maintains its constitutional and manly tone, but strengthens in firmness, confi dence, and power,—summoning to its side an undis puted accession of property and numbers everywhere, and exhibiting in a more conspicuous manner than it has done hitherto at any period, that harmony of sen timent, and singleness of purpose, by which the whole Conservative body in all parts of the empire ought to be animated and directed, if it would secure the triumph of the sacred cause which inspires it. We may remark here, that perfect union of design is a characteristic which belongs to the defenders of an honest cause, and of none other. Where selfish views and motives govern the confederated supporters of that which calls itself a " cause"—such, for instance, as the nicknamed " cause of Reform" in this country —it is impossible that anything like cordial harmony should be found amongst them. Every man, or every distinct knot of men, going to form the aggregate of the alliance, have particular aims to accomplish, not indicated by that general object which gives its title to the whole. The political Dissenters have for their pe culiar end the overthrow of all Church establishments. The Papists of Ireland have merely the substitution of a Rornish Church for a Protestant. The extra-sectarian and out-lying democrats would supplant the consti tutional monarchy by a republic. The Whigs want nothing but to keep their places. Now, let us ask any man who is not quite an idiot, whether a more ab- Surd piece of impudence was ever witnessed than the assumption of a common name by men engaged with such a diversity of purposes, and that name " reformr Is it "reform" that there should be no Established Church whatever? Is that, we repeat, necessarily a " reform" in the eyes of Protestants of the Church of England ? Is it in the eyes of Protestants, and espe cially Whig Protestants, necessarily a "reform," that Popery, which was crushed by the revolution of 1688, should, in less than 150 years afterwards, be raised to absolute power over Ireland, by another *revolution— an hypocritical revolution—effected under the mask of liberty ? Is it not a gross mockery of " reform" to apply the word to an extinction of one estate of the realm, and the corruption of this ancient monarchy, under which equal freedom has for centuries been protected by equal law, into a coarse, crude, short sighted, passionate, and unrestrained democracy ? Can the subversion of a fundamental principle of go vernment be rightly termed a " reform" of that prin ciple ? And lastly, is it—must it be—a " reform" in the Administration of the British monarchy, that such a lame specimen of statesmanship as Lord John Russell should officially lead the House of Commons, to the exclusion . of Sir Robert Peel ? Let us bring words to their proper and accustomed meaning. What is it that each individual in society understands by the term " reformer ?" It is a politi cian who inclines to at least as much of change as we do ourselves, if not one who goe:i a little further. Then, apart from the consciousness which every man in the community er_tertains, that the Whigs, so long as they remain in office, desire no change at all —no, not even a change of wind, hut such as would promote some selfish and sordid fruition—we would just inquiro by what section of their Parliamentary supporters is it that the Whig Ministers would be permitted to come within that category which is implied when all " Re formers" are appealed to, and importuned by secret circulars from the Treasury, to keep out the vile Con servatives, and keep the Whig " Reformers" in office? ho Melbourne Whigs have. proceeded thus :—They yield a little bit to Irish Popery, but not half enough, sacs O'Connell, and what you give me I will use,- in spite of you, as a steppimi-stone to more. They give a little bit of voluntary principle to the tur'mlent poli tical assentors, who thank them not for what they have conceded, but taunt them for what they with hold. They coquette a little with the out-and-out Radicals by abusing the House of Lords, and flatter ing, the movement that when " the public mind shall be sufficiently prepared," but not till then, they may perhaps succeed iii " carrying out" their chimeras; but the dogged " carriers" tell them, " We want acts, not words. We have voted for you long enouoh, and would rath er L ave p rom pt th an long-winded' post-obits. Indeed, we should have no objection to exchange some of our principles for some of your places—a barter which you, Whig Lords and gentlemen, seem not much disposed to cultivate." But it is a curious fact that these shuffling Whigs lay claim to the rank of " Liberals," " Reformers," and so forth, in ad dressing the several divisions of their multiform task masters, when really and substantially, with reference to and in the estimation of every one of the latter, the Whigs arc mere Tories, with the honour of being hypocrites to boot. Then, in speaking of the " dis putes" between Radicals and Whigs, we find of course the Ministers and their tools are deprecating the " folly" of such discord on the p ar t o f the ° Radicals, reprehending them, for that they foolishly and furiously fight about a " bone," which the " crafty Tories" are about to come in and seize upon, and beseeching them to make up matters " speedily and amicably ;" the bone, we must remember, beim -, all the while between the jaws of the Whigs. It is, therefore, not at all unnatural that the master of petty cunning, Lord Duncannon, even in small things little, should set up a newspaper, with his own name as chief of the directors, foremost in a list of Whig and Radical dunderheads like himself—should set up, we say, a weekly newspaper, which he, a member of the Cabinet, has the modesty to call an "impartial" paper I —begun (certainly not established) to supersede all the other journals, by reason that they are devoted to " one party or another," while his wise Lordship lets his " cat out of the bag" in the next sentence—tries to abuse the " ultra Tories," and professes himself one of the Movement. Heavens that the press, even the "Whig press, should be so degraded I As for the friendly counsel he administers to the Radical bull dogs and Downing-street curs, to leave off fighting like "foolish fellows" about a bone, which they of Down ing-street have been gnawing at these five years, it is, as we have before said, vastly edifying advice. But let him tell us how it is to be followed. Here are a set of people, intrinsically opposed to each other on distinct and irreconcileable public grounds—Papists and Pro testant Independents—Whig professors of monarchy— Radical professors of republicanism. Such adverse parties may, no doubt, say they agree ; but will they agree? Is it possible they should? They may bar gain with each other to stir " no disputed points ;" but how are they to manage, when all those points to which the Papists, Dissenters, and Radicals attach ostensibly the gravest importance, are disputed by the Whigs ? They must all go to sleep, we suppose—a fox's sleep, like the sentries in the Critic, watching a favourable opportunity to start upon their legs and peach. Verily they are a reputable and efficient body, and beautiful is their concord I We have left oar selves no room to do more than draw the public recollec tion to the Hereford Conservative meeting in yester day's Times. It was one of those manifestations of right English and gentlemanly spirit, w hi ch prove the impossibility of destroying, or even for any long ti me deceiving, this powerful and enlightened country._... Times. We refer our readers to an excellent letter in another column on the subject of the Tory feed at Hereford, of which so much was made by the Times and other Tory papers yesterday. The principal performer was the well-known Mr. E. L. Charlton, who gloried in the charge of being "a changeling, an apostate, a turn-coat," a species of glory of which few will envy the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the possession, any more than they may wish to relieve him of his repu tation in other respects. He was not an apostate, a changeling, a turncoat, who slunk cowardly into cor ners, to avoid public opinion and public censure, from which other people may be inclined to conclude that Mr. Charlton is a good deal indebted to his impu dence. He candidly informed the meeting that he had been bred in Tory politics ; but the little sense he had enabled him to question the propriety of these principles, as the Tories were corrupt rogues. Lord Castlereagh was far too corrupt for him, and so he quitted Toryism. The mystery of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's re-conver _. sion to Toryism was not very distinctly accounted for by him ; he thought that Catholic Emancipation vas not accompanied by sufficient securities for the Protestant Church. But, if we recollect right, Mr. Charlton was a Reformer long after the concession of the Catholic claims. If the Tories were too corrupt, we suppose the Whigs were too pure for him ; for if Mr. Lechmere Charlton's merits had appeared in their eyes what they appear in his own, he would, no doubt, have the same horror of Toryism which he had when Lord Castlereagh , amidst the general corruption, for got to corrupt the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The speech of Mr. Charlton, though a strange rhapsody, was, however, amusing, which is more than can be said of the flat effusions of the other speakers. The Chairman, Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore, thought he made a grand hit when he adduced Mr. Buckingham's testimony in favour of the Conservatives. " The ma jority of the people of England," quoth Sir Edwyn, " must be Conservatives : they knew that the Conser vatives were their real friends, and that the Whigs never could be so ; and to show that this was so, the Hon. Baronet read a passage from one of Mr. Buckingham's letters, in which he stated, that however he might differ in opinion with the Tories, he must say, that they practised what they professed, were consistent in their opinions, and were grateful to those who sup ported them, whereas the Whigs were professing prin ciples which they were ashamed or afraid to carry, and disappointed the people who placed confidence in them." Mr. Buckingham's words must not be con strued too literally, for his own sake. If the Tories practised what they professed, and were consistent in their opinions,. why did Mr. Buckingham doubt the sincerity of their professions when they became con formers for the sake of place ? Mr. Buckingham, fairly interpreted, means merely what Mr. Lechmere Charlton did when he said that all that the Tories looked to was the plunder of the people, and that, like Lord Stormont, they hated the very name of Reform so much, that except in a case of extreme ne cessity they could not think of professing Reform prin ciples. Some of the Tories at the meeting could have let Mr. Buckingham, if they had chosen, into the secret why the Whigs could not avoid disappointing the people who placed confidence in then. Consistency in Tory principles is easily maintained : it is to take all that can be got from the people, and to do nothing for them that can be avoided. It is another matter when abuses are to be removed, and sinister interests touched. The Whigs may not have done all that time people ex pected from them, but they would have done more if the Tories would have allowed them ; and the Tories hate Lord Melbourne most bitterly beCause he has re vealed to the people their real enemies. As to Mr. Buckingham's reproach that the Tories are more grateful for support than the Whigs, from the hearty approbation bestowed on this sentiment by Sir Edwyn, Ministers must see that favours bestowed on Tories are converted by them into weapons of offence. It would be prudent hereafter to spare the Tories the ne cessity of complaining of favours received from Whigs. —Morning Chronicle. These " Reformed" Town Councils will be the death of us. They allow us no rest. It is only a few days since we exerted ourselves in celebrating, to the best of our power, their desire that publicity should be given to their proceedings—their consistency with themselves and each other—their generosity, their pecuniary honesty, and their respect for the esta blished religion of- the country. One would have thought that here were qualities enough to recommend these Municipal worthies to the public affection. But no : the catalogue of their claims to regard does not end here ; and, as the modesty of these new Institu tions must preclude their praises from being published by themselves, be ours the pleasing task of preventing them from "blushing unseen." Since our attention was last directed to the subject some new lights have been thrown upon the peculiar and multiplied merits of the " Reformed" Town Councils. We find ample proof that they are as liberal, as enlightened, as economical, and as just as the Ministers who suggested, or the House of Commons that sanctioned, their existence. What more could be desired ? Their liberality is precisely of the sort lately recommended to all and sundry Whigs and Ra dicals by the sapient Mr. Henry Bulwer. " Give all places of emolument, large or small, to Liberals," quoth the Member for half of Marylebone. Now, the said Member being a kind of exquisite, and his partisans not very " particular in their linen," he is na turally of some authority among them— " Beati monoculi in Urbe Cmcorum"— and of course they take his advice. How they have taken it, and why, we learn by the subjoined extract from the Bath Chronicle : " It may not be amiss for us to offer a few words re spectinc, a job on a small scale—but still a palpable job— which has been contrived and carried through by the cold water Committee of the Bath Town Council. That Com. mittee has appointed an inspector of water works,' at a salary of one guinea per week. The office created by the cold water Committee is entirely a superfluous one. The turncocks in the employ of the Council, could have done the duty which is to be performed by the new officer of the above Committee, or that duty might have been attended to by one of the sergeants at mace, at no increase of cost to the public. The latter course was followed by the late Corporation, when an inspection of the kind in question was instituted some years since. We should mention that the inspector' is a violent political partisan, a hot sup porter of Mr. Roebuck, and a considerable agitator at vestry and other parochial meetings ; and on all occasions —when there is an opportunity for him and his friends to have a fling at the supporters of the Constitution in Church and State." Of the enlightment of a Town Council the same Journal also informs us. How the step in question will keep time with the " march of intellect" it is not for us to say ; but here is the fact : " While alluding to the Cold Water Committee, we will mention a circumstance not perhaps generally known, but which speaks too highly for the sagacity and intelligence of a portion, at least, and, for what we know, of the whole of that body, to be suffered to remain in obscurity. It is a downright fact that among other means employed by that Committee to discover springs of water, the old and ridicu lous humbug of the divining rod ! has been resorted to. Most of our readers are no doubt aware that the believers in the divining rod consider that the power of successfully using it is to be found only in particular individuals. One of the members of the Committee, it appears, has in his employment a man who possesses this excellent virtue. This sage of the Town Council, then, and his man, have been lately rendering the city the invaluable service of going about over the High Common and Beechen Cliff, &c., earnestly intent on finding water by the aid of a forked twig, seriously believing in the mysterious powers attributed to this process—this stupid relic of by-gone ignorance and exploded superstition." By the way, perhaps Mr. Grote could give us some information on the curious property of the twig. For ourselves, if this schoolmaster were not abroad, we should strongly recommend a different application of it to the experimenting town councillor. But let that pass. And let us pass to the consideration of the eco nomy introduced and practised by tow n counc il s . A t Berwick, as we stated a day or two ago, the municipa lity cannot, it appears, afford to pay their salaries to the various officers they employ ; but they are, never theless, about to purchase a gold chain, nearly three yards long, wherewith to decorate the person of the reformed Mayor ; while to the chain is to be suspended a medal of the same precious material, as heavy as the Mayor's head. Whether this sentence of sus. per. coll, might not have been more fitly executed elsewhere than on the medal we do not pretend to determine. Of the economy of the proceeding, at all events, there can be no doubt : that it is political economy may also be possible. We do not understand the thing. But we have still to do with the justice of town councils—not mere dry, abstract justice; but justice set-off and adorned with the amiable addition of the m o st re fined d elicacy, yesterday Thefollow in cr :_ is from the Cambridge Chro nicle, received b " A circumstance has just occurred in this place, which shows how our own town magistrates manage their patron age. A gentleman of high professional reputation, but, unfortunately for him in this • instance, at the same time a firm and unflinching supporter of Conservative principles, has been summarily dismissed from his situation as surgeon in the town goal, with less ceremony than is used for get ting quit of a menial servant, A note fr)m the magistrate's clerk, unaccompanied by a copy of the order of dismissal, and without the names of the magistrates, informed him, on the 27th of September, that in two days from that time his salary would cease. In further commendation of the Town Council of Cambridge, the act was virtually their s ; it was done by the magistrates of their recommendation. We are bound to say that the justice by which they were ac tuated is not, like the justice of the ancients, blind; The gentleman whom they have thus justly treated, had, as we are assured, " faithfully discharged his duty ;" but—" he was the last Conservative public servant of any consequence whom it was in the power of the Town Council or the Bench of Magistrates to get quit of." Perhaps these instances will be thought enough for one day. They are, at least, such as we might look in vain to see excelled, even by the " libe ral," " economical," and " just" House of Commons, by whose w i s d om th ese T own C ounc il s were ca lled into existence.—Morning Post. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at St. James's, the sth day of October, 1836. PRESENT. The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Par liament, which stands prorogued to Thursday the twentieth day of October instant be further prorogued to Thursday the eighth day of December next. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCTL6. A Dispatch has been received at this Office from Sir George Baillie Hamilton, K. C. H., his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, dated 28th September 1836, stating that the official brack for hemp and flax is no longer obligatory at Konigsberg, and has been placed on the same discretionary footing as at Memel. The change will have no influence on the manner of using the brack, which will continue to offer the same security as before to the purchasers of hemp and flax. WAR OFFICE, OCT. 7 . Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. W. L. Stewart, from the 57th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sheppard, who exchanges, Oct. 7. 18th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Dolmage, from the 88th Re giment of Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 7. 22d Foot—Lieut. E. S. N. Campbell to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Mayne, who retires ; Lieut. J. W. Kyffin, from the 89th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, Oct. 7. 26th Foot—Ensign and Quartermaster J. Rodgers, from the 38th Regiment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Whitty deceased, Oct. 7. 33d Foot--Staff-Assistant-Surgeon J. M'City M'Donald to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 7. 35th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon T. C. Gaulter, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 7. 38th Foot—Lieut. G. G. Watkins, from the half-pay of the 9th Regiment of Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Rodgers, appointed Paymaster to the 26th Regiment of Foot, Oct. 7. 55th Foot—Ensign J. Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Norton, who retires. T. Robyns, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, Nice Walker, Oct. 7. 57th Foot--Lieut. W. C. Sheppard, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, who exchanges, Oct. 7. 61st Foot—Lieut. J. Russell, from the half-pay of the 27th Re giment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Cameron, who exchanges, Oct. 7. 69th Foot, Ensign D. K. O'Reilly to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Johnson, who retires. C. F. Law, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice O'Reilly, Oct. 7. 78th Foot—Ensign D. APNeill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pawsey, promoted; C. Pattison, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice 11I'Neill, Oct. 7. 82d Foot—Staff• Assistant-Surgeon T. Atkinson, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 7. 85th Foot—NV. Carson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Home, promoted, Oct. 7. 86th Foot—Captain A. Hay, from the 89th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Pearson, who exchanges, Oct. 7. 89th Foot—Captain J. B. Pearson, from the 86th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Hay, who exchanges ; Ensign G. C. Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kyffin, appointed to the 22d Regiment ; J. R. Macdonald, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Clarke, Oct. 7. HOSPiTAL STAFF. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Topham, from the 97th Foot, vice M'Donald, appointed to the 3311 Regiment of Foot ; R. K. Prendergast, Gent. vice Gaulter, appointed to the 35th Regiment of Foot; J. N. Irwin, Gent., vice Atkinson, appointed to the 82d Regiment of Foot, Oct. 7. WHITEHALL, OCT. 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Walter Shairp, of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. SAMUEL COXHEAD, oil and colourman, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, to surrender, Oct. 18; at one, and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Binkruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. WILLIAM HOUSTOUN, printer, Crane-court, Fleet-street, Oct. IS, at two, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dacie, Throg morton-street. MICHAEL IMBUING, carpenter, Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, Oct. 18, at twelve, and Nov. 18, at el even , a t th e C our t o f Bank ruptcy. Holmes, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate ; Johnson, official assignee, Rasing hall-street. GEORGE 'W HE EL DON, lace-man, Wood-street, London, Oct. 19, and Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Poultry Hotel, Notting ham. Jones and Ward, John-street, Bedford-row, London; Browne, Nottingham. DIVIDENDS. At th• Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. F. Grant, surgeon, Clarendon-square, Somers' Town, Oci 28, at one. In the Country. T. Marsden, machine maker, Salford, Lancashire, Oct. 31, al ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. J. Watson, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 7, at eleven at the Bankrupt Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Bower, seed merchant, Moorgate, Nottingham, Oct. 9, al two, at the White Hart Inn, Gainsborough. E. Churchill, shoemaker, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Nov. 1, al twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. J. Lister, common brewer, Kingston-upon-Hull, Nov. 1, al eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. I. G. Maggs, linendraper, Bristol, Nov. 1, at one, at the Com mercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, OCT. 28. Robert Donkin, stationer, Neweastle-upon-Tyne. Robert Taylerson, ship owner, South Shields. John Bishton, Edward Kempson, William John Jellieorse, and William Callum, iron masters, Cappon-Field Iron-Works, Wolver hampton. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. and M. A. Quinton, bakers, Whitecross-street. J. W. Barrier and W. Jordan, Cheapside. J. Cheverton and J. Padgett, hackney coach-masters, Norwich J. and J. links, wood turners, Birmingham. T. Greenfield and J. Gunner, attorneys, London. G. Atkinson and W. Whitby, lace-manufacturers, Leicester. J. Sexton and D. Pomroy, grocers, Market Lavington, S. Robinson and T. Evans, painters, Salford, Lancashire. J. Brookeand J. Wilkins, British plate manufacturers, Birming. ham. W. James and T. D. Smyth, auctioneers, Hereford. J. Craw and W. Barker, coal-merchants, Whitefriars New wharf. T. Miller and J. Croft, coffee-house-keepers, Bucklersbury. H. Deacon and C. Deacon, drapers, Witney, Oxfordshire. T. Wall and S. Daniel, linen-drapers, Daventry, Northampton• shire. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of iliOvVoileusc o;ad,; Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the 4th day of October, 1836, is 435. 10id. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS. TOM-HOUSE, OCT. 7. The Pursuit, Arthur, from Venice ; Sir Edward Barkes, Norwood, Rotterdam ; William Jolliffe, Middleton, Calais ; Harlequin, Middleton, Boulogne ; Napoleon, Joyce, Halifax ; St. Charles, Beauvais, Calais ; May Flower, Heatly, Quebec ; John, Williamson, Jamaica; Tuseed, Keeronte, Quebec; Janet, Bugh, jun., Ceylon; Emerald, Houghton, Boulogne; Regalia, Marshall, Quebec ; Narcissus, Turner, Jamaica. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, OCT. 7. The Prince Frederick, Stevenson, for Rotterdam ; City of Hamburgh, Hart, Hamburgh ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend ; Alacrity, Page, Lisbon ; Enterprise, Pigeon, St. Mary's; William ,Burton, Dempster, Tobago; Jeld, Kirkly, Bombay ; Wharfinger, Cozens, Rotterdam ; Princess Vic toria, Broke, Antwerp ; Union, Mangles, New York ; Al.. bion, Stavely, Havre ; Sappho, Tarbntt, Demerara; Protec tor, Davidson, Mauritius. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, OCT. 7. The Blandford, Hutchins, for Newfoundland ; Ramona, Bridge, Rotterdam ; Catherine, Rumbert, Hamburgh ; Jane, Lindsey, Stockholm ; Unicorn, Lindsey, Elsineur ; West minster, Moore, New York ; Maria, Parlelief, Rotterdam ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend; City of Hamburgh, Hart, Hamburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, OcT. 7. The Emanuel, Ansen, for Norway; Harmonie, Dunwke, Workum ; Enigheden, Olden, Norway ; Friends, Manning, Harlingen • Jannett, Hurreman, Dantzic; Augusta, Brad herring, Elsineur. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, OCT. 6. The Geren, M'Kenzie, from Riga; Thomas Bettersley, Trapp, Pernambuco; Gambia, Sierra Leone. ENTERED FOR LOADING, OCT. 6. The William, Phillips, for Charleston ; Belvidere, Bailey, Charleston ; San Pablo, Havannah ; Spartan, Cornish, Hayti, &c. ; Dalhousie Castle, Mobile ; Lorine, Magub, Monte Video, &c. ; Columbia, Bence, Brazil ; Ellen Brooks, Lin sey, New Orleans ; Republic, Williams, New York ; Roths child, Laidley, Savannah ; Antcaus, Sierra Leone. CLEARED OUTWARDS, OCT. 6. The Sarah, Sharpe, for Newfoundland; Actif, Hick, Leg. horn; Premier, Wore, Rio Janeiro; Henry Hoyle, Freeman, Oporto; Elizabeth, Scott, St. John's New Brunswick; Ha nover, Neilson, Christiansand • Laurina, Monte Video; Eu rope, Brown, C ape o f Good dope. .... . .. ......._ SAILED. The Cumberland, Power, for Apalicholia; Beawick, Muse, N e w York; American, Manchester, New York; Chevalier, Knight, New York ; Jane, Valparaiso; Eugene, Juan, Os toc n e d r Os tend; P , Hartley, D emerara; C ec ili a, M ass, D antz i c; ' b i% ce l ni arLham; Li verpoo l , Ni xon, Pillau ; Fire Fly, Constantinople; Andre, Christian, Ostend ; Johannes, Hogen, Stettin ; Montezuma, Bennett, Vera Cruz ; Susan Colling, Crabb, Constantinople; Dependent, Simpson, Philadelphia; Genoa; Magi s t ra t e , T ay l or , P uerto Cabello; Davidson, es' Algiers ; C o l um b us , B ra l le ; Corsa i r, Roger s , S t . P eters b urgh ; Louisa, Britannia,B i s ham , Jam Wylle, Hayti ; H unse, Harl i ngen; Tromp, Antiverp H alifax G if r a o x y ; na N in V a as , Nash, Anna Pa ley, Rolatin, Lisbon ;. Agatha, R otter d am ; Chalce dong, St. Andrew's ; Savan t:la, Padilla, Santo Martha ; Emmemore, Young, Gibraltar. TELEGRAPHED, _. _ _ Wind at Holyhead, S. S. W.—Off Holyhead, inward bound, the Swift, from Bristol ; Jane, from Barrow ; Margaret, from Newport. Off Point Lynas, inward bound , the Ran ger , f rom B om b ay ; Burrell, from Restigouche ; William, from Africa. Off Great Ormshead, outward bound, the Liverpool, for Bahia ; Enmore, for Tunis; Dependent, for Philadelphia. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 7. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS, per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 971. 18s. sh. 162 1,182 61. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 1124 sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5 1,005 54 BrecknocK and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91.25. Birmingham, 1-16th share 841. & 711. 204 4,000 Ditto arid Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 30i 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOU sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 471. Coventry 1004 sh. 735 4,545 Croydon Average 31425. 10d. sh. 3 2,050; 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. 78 6410 71. Derby 100/. sh. 120 . 20,000 3,5751 231 401. Erewash 1001. sh. 400 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 44:01.165. sh. 600 11,500 121. . Grand Junctir - : ._ .1004 sh. 212 2,8491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1,500 Grand Surrey lOO4 sh. 120,0004 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 3,096 Grand Western 600 134 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 749 101. Grantham l5O/. sh. 6,236 11. 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 25,328 11. 2s. Kennet and Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 1,897; 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 545; 10/, Leicester l4Ol. sh. 1,897 1/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 834 I Os. 2,400 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 50 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 3,000 1/. 18s. Macclesfield 1004 sh. all pd. 247 171. Neath - lOO/. sh. 1,786 301, Oxford 1004 sh. 2,400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 5,669 il. per cent. Rochdale Average 8.51. sh. 500 8!. Shropshire 1251. sh. 800 9/. lOs. Somerset Coal 1504 sh. 45,0001. 5 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 105. sh. 700 361. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 500 11/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. bd. sh. 533 13/. Swansea 100/. sh. 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT 35/. sh. 2,604.0. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share 100/. sh. 8,149 1,0005h.1. 151- Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh. 1,00045 h. 9AO IN. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 4/.oa. Worcest , r and Birmingham... Av. 761. Bs. sh. 5,000 20s. Wilts an.i Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 126 „,..... Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 905 14 Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 2 . 600* 3p• c. Commercial 100/. ch. 1,06511 h 496,6671/. 54 per ct. East India Stock 3,238,31041. 50s. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,380,0004 5/. per ct. West India Stock .2,109 2!. 19s. Bristol 06,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,751 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds • 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years Shoreham Hai hour 2.500 .... .... Deptford Pici BRIDGES. 1,600 11. Hammersmtl• 5O/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 031. 2s. Bd. sh. 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 i 5,000 I/. 2s. Ditto, 001 Annuities of 24 6Ol. pd 1 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 63,0004 51. per cent. Ditto BOIlliS 0,000 11. Vauxhall Av ',rage 701. Igs. 3d. sh. ASsURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/ les Albion 5004 sh. 501. pd 50,000 {5 lirdcLnt.} Alliance, Btitish & Foreign 100/. sh. 1041. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. Si. pd 24,000 41 perch. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 1,200 fsh. Si. Birmingham 1 ire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250!. sh. 501. pd 12,000 6/. per cent. British Cozninercial 50/, sh. 5/. pd 5,1)00 11. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, 10/. sh. 12/10s pd 4,000 2/ 10s County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 40,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 51. pd C 5 per cent.} Economic 2°o tend 301 bs. "le lOOOl. zli. 250/. pd 2,271 51/. per cent. European Li • '2o/. sh. all pd 50,000 2s. Ditto, Ne a 0 01. sh. 2/. pd 1,000,0004 7/. per ct. Globe Stock 20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. 0711 pd Fire 5 ct. 10 ." p [Life 8 p ct.} Hope... 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. nd 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13,458 125. per sh. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. Si. pd 2,020 31 101 Rest Fire 50/. sh. all pd 3/. Ditto Life. 10, 0 00 168. Law Life 3,000 ...... ... London, Fir.. 25/. sh. 124 10s, pd 15 31 000 ... 3:1,0 , 0 51. per cent. Palladium I.it.' 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 2! 8s Od 250,000 I'roteetor Fite .04 ch. '2l. pd 10s 64 2,500 11. Provident. 1..,e lOO4 ,h. 1 0 4 pd 19 100,000 Rock Life .0/. sh. 2/. pd 7 64,1,220/ 5/. per ceut. Royal Exch..oge Stock... 226 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite 'oo/. sh. 5/. pd 5, 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life '2l. pd JOINT SIO..ICK BANKS 25,000 A gric anitComin.of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 ...... ... Austrahvia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 10,0011 10 percent. Bank of nil mingliam 5l/. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. IA 3 0 ,000 4 per cent. London and tVestininster...loo/ sit. 20/. pd :1,000 Lancaster 1004 sh. 20/. pd 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool I^o/ sh. 10/. lid 50,000 74 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. lb. 15/ pd Discount 20,0041 0 per cent. Manchester 100/. sb. 25/ pd 20,000 $ per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pd 20, 00 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. sh 1211. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. _IOW. sh. '251. pd :9,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 0,000 71 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh 5/. pd GAIT LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 11 7 s Bath 2O/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 British 4O/. sh. Mi. pd 5,000 r 54percent./ Ditto Provincial 9 01. sh. 19 pd /and Es. 5.. 928 51 101 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 21 Os Bristol 20 sh. 1,500 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 750 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 6214 pd 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,1(00 64 Ditto, New 4,000 44 10s. Equitable .. 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thauet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. 1 ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 0,000 3/. per cent. Phenix 501. s h. 39/. pd 1,009 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 4,0:0 South Metropolitan 5 O/. sh. 19/. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 401. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 64 per cent Wakefield 25/. ch. 12,000 3/, Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New KO Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 184 pd WATER WORKS. 4,500 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 4,433 61. East London lOO/. sh. 4,500 21 lOs Grand J ufic Lion ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 3 , a8 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2/ lOs Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,185 1/ 15s Mr.neliester . and Salford lOO/. sh. 1,000 4 per cent. South London lOOl. sh. 5,',00 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. Bd. sh. 1,360 11 14. York Routi ng Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sli. IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury 2O/. sh. 1/. pd. 9,51)0 Birmingham and Gloucester 5/ pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15,000 ..«..... Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. spd 660 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. sh. 21. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 211. 8,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 12,000 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd Grand Junction 100/, sh. 40/. p 1 .., ...... Great North of England 2/. pd 25,000 Great Western ll/0/. sh. 20/. pd 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pi 2,100 .....•.,, Hull and sell)) , 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/. pd 7,1(10 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo4 sh. 100/. pd Ditto Quarter Shares ' - 25/. pd 10,000 45,000 Dian ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 11. pd 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so4 sh. 24 pd 8,000 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 2/. pd 12,000 London and Dover 501. sh. D. pd 30,000 London and Gravesend 201. sh 1/. pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .......201. sh. 204 pd 25,000 London and Birmingham -1004 sh. 60/. pd 20,000 7,000 12,000 London Grand Junction 5 , 1. sh. 21. pd 10,030 ... ...... North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 31. pd 2,600 ' 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 2/. pd 1,000 W. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 9,000 „„,„.. Thames Haven 50/. sh. 21. 10s. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 5O ,h. 1/. pd MINES. 104' 17 117 1411 160 35; 100 31 151 4 8,000 Albion Copper 51. sh. 3/. pd 01 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 121. 108 pd 12 11),000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1004 sh. all pd 5 Ditto Subscription .9.54 pd 4 2,000 Bolanos 1501. sh all pd 1421 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm .35/. sh. 201. pd 24 6,000 Macaubas SI Cocaes United 214 sh. 231/. pd 101 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 814 pd 41 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 204 pd 11 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 81. pd 9 20,000 British Iron 50/. sh. 50/ pd 42 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 314 pd 21 Cata Branca.., 6/4 pd 6 Candonga 7; I. pal 7 10,000 11. Copiapo 2O!. sh 121/ pd 18 8,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 W. English 12/ Rs. pd 22 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 5311. pd 11 3,000 11,500 Real del Monte , _ Unregistered l7 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 135 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 404 sh. all pd al Ditty. Scrip 3l Ditto New Scrip sl P d 4 / West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 ... ..... London University 1001. eh. all pd 244 700 King' College 100/. pd 30 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,611 15s. Australian Agricultural...JOU. sh. 2611. pd 41 6,000 British American Land Company lBf. pd l'6 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh . . 231. pd 38 200,000 Si, per cent. Upper Canada Loan lO3 City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3l 15,000 14!. General Steam Navigation -.154 sh. 13/. pd 88 1 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2 , 000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 28/ pd 251 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 130 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 811 4,000 10,000 Van Die.ner.'s Land 100/. sh. 174 pd 14 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, SEPT. 28, 1836. BANKS. 1,500,0004 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 034 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 2041. 2,000,02(1. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 17611. 500.0901. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 24714 3,000,0004 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1841. 5,000,0001. sp. ct. National lOO/. sh. 101. pd mg 3,000,0001. 51. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 8744 4,000,0001. 4p. et. Western et Scotland 2001. sh 301. Pd 36 1 4 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 4p. et. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 27s 7,500 sp. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 101. pd 1410 s, lor,ooo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 171155. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 151. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire ' lOO/. sh. 101. pd 16/0s 5,000 op. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 104 pd 1410 r 100,000 . ....... West of Scotland lO/. pd 10108 MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ...... ... Edin. and Was. Un. Canal 50/. sh. all pd 221 . Ditto Allocated 9F/. sh. all pd 654 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb..Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 3714 Carrodlrcit Company 250/. sh. all pd .150/ . 2,000511 15 per cent. Shotts Iron F'4unctery 50/. sh. 38/. pd 42/, 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 204 sh. 161. pd 74/ . 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 61p . 4,450 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 60% 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 40 ‘. t2OO 5 per cent. Edinburgh end Dalkeith Railway...so43h. 651 . 3,000 51 per cent, Equitable Loan Company 251. sb. 91. pd 104 PALACE COURT-FRIDAY. BETS ON THE DERBY STAKES--.WOLLASTON V. WHITMORE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a wine and spirit merchant, against the defendant, a gentleman of pro perty, to recover the sum of 3/. 7s. for wine and spirits sold and delivered. The defendant did not deny receiving the goods, but pleaded as a set-off that the plaintiff was indebted to him (defendant) in an equal amount for bets lost on the result of the Derby Stakes. The Court was crowded, and the case appeared to excite great interest in the sporting circles. A number of witnesses were examined, from whose evi dence it appeared that the defendant betted the plaintiff one dozen of wine and a sovereign that he would name three horses which were to start for the Derby Stakes at the last Epsom races, one of which should be. the winner. The de fendant named" Bay Middleton," and two others, the plain tiff taking the field against them. " Bay Middleton" was the winner, and consequently he claimed the amount of his bets ; but the plaintiff refused to pay, and brought his ac tion to recover 31. 7s. for wine and spirits delivered. Mr. CLARK contended that the evidence could not be re ceived on two grounds. First, that a bet on a gambling transaction could not be pleaded as a set-off to an (lotion brought for goods sold and delivered, as all evidence re lating to gambling transactions was inadmissible in law ; and secondly, that even if such evidence were admitted, the defendant's plea was no answer to the action, as it was clear the bet was for " a dozen of wine," not the " value" of a dozen of any particular wine, and wine might be ob tained at any price. Mr. GASELEE would prove that the evidence was ad missible, as it was laid on the result of a legal race, and the bet, not exceeding the sum of 101. was also in itself a legal bet, recoverable at common law. Mr. Smart, clerk to the publishers of the Racing Calen dar, then deposed to the Derby Stakes being upwards of 501., which sum constituted a legal horse race, and all bets laid on such race not exceeding 101. were recoverable at law. This witness proved that Bay Middleton was the winner of the Derby Stakes at the last Epsom Races. The Jury consulted for a short time, when the foreman said—" We are of opinion the defendant has proved that he has won bets' of the plaintiff, equal in amount to the plaintiff's claim. We, therefore, find a verdict for the de fendant." INSOLVENT COURT-FRIDAY. 108 F 5 116 871 102 20 41 14 4; IS 15 6 1253 10 17 92 391 13 24 20 9 Mr. COOKE was heard in reply. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER delivered the opi nion of the Court. In their opinion the insolvent did not come under any clause of the Act. It would be indiscreet indeed to remand him under the discretionary clause. As to the payments, he could only say that they were credit able to him when it was seen that he had but few debts in his schedule. The Learned Commissioner declared him entitled to the benefit of the Act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The idea of turning to profit the dangerous articles of food which escaped the fire at Penning's wharf was not, it appears, abandoned even upon the order that had been issued to convey them to a considerable distance beyond Gravesend, and fling them into the water. The LORD MAYOR, on Thursday, received the following communica tion :—" Honoured Sir—l, with many other inhabitants of Sheerness, being humble admirers of that truly philosophic feeling which caused you to use every precaution to pre vent mischief befalling your fellow -creatures, from their consuming, or from their otherwise meddling with, the poisonous and putrid matter from the fire at Fenning's wharf, have been both annoyed and disgusted with a daring breach of your orders. " The barge Thomas and Jane, of London, had been laden with the ingredients before-named, having a fireman or policeman on board to see your good intentions put into effect, that is, that the filth should be taken to sea and thrown overboard, notwithstanding which, the men be longing to the barge had kept on board a great quantity of bones in the most filthy and putrid state, with the flesh still adhering to them. Indeed, so disgusting was the stench arising from them, that people could not go down the pier, and the whole neighbourhood was disturbed in consequence. " These bones were sold to a man resident at Sheerness, and they were shipped on board a barge which trades be tween this and Rochester. But my object in intruding on your time is to inform you how indifferently your orders have been abided by in this instance.—l am, ray Lord, your Lordship's humble and obedient servant, " J. F. SOUTH, " Collector of Pier Dues, Sheerness Pier." A Mahometan, whose name is John Dervish, but who calls himself John Davis, appeared before the Lord Mayor to request his Lordship's introduction to a situation in which he could earn a competency without incurring the hardships of the sea. He was a native of Bengal, but he had no wish to return to that country, having been in the service of several English families, by whom he was treated so kindly that he had no idea of changing the service. The LORD MAYOR—In what situation have you made yourself useful ? Dervish—Oh, I can do any ting—cook maid, kitchenmeid, or housemaid. I am every ting at once. I been travelling since me was four years old, with all sorts of people. The LORD MAYOR—Are you a Mahomedan, after all this travelling? Dervish—Why, I don't know exactly what I am. Me meet so many good men of all religions, dat I like to be any religion at all, and me meet so many bad men dat I don't wish to be any religion at all. The LORD MAYOR—Why don't you go to sea ? you are able to work in that capacity. Dervish —No, me tired of sea. Ibe fagged, and too old. The LORD MAYOR—Why, how old are you ? Dervish —Oh, let me see ; me be twenty-eight year old, aye, every year of it ; too old, too old. The Lord Mayor having ascertained that the applicant was industrious, and had told the truth, put a sovereign into his hand, and advised him to get back to his own country. Dervish—Me no like to go home. De a'nt so kind to me dere as you are. De don't give me a sovereign when I go to speak to 'em. If I had only a place I'd work hard. The Loan MAYoa—Then you prefer this to your own country? Dervish—l do, though de boys call me Jim Crow ; but what's dat to me ; I'm more like a crow dan I'm like a pigeon. The philosopher then retired, determined to leave no means untried to obtain a situation, until he should ac complish which he should, he said, live upon his Lordship's bounty. John MGahey, the Radical vestry clerk of St. Pancras parish, came up to-day, pursuant to adjournment. A clerk named Earnest, in the office of Mr. Edwin Wood Scadding, the attorney for the opposing and detain ing creditor, produced the poslea in the action " Tarr v. M'Gahey." He stated that it was commenced on the 16th of October, 1835, and tried on the 11th of February last. Final judgment was not signed until the 26th of May, but the plaintiff was entitled to it on the 25th of April. The action was for wilfully contravening the provisions of the Reform Act. The insolvent was then interrogated by Mr. Nicholls. He stated that at the time of the trial he had an office in Gordon -street, Gordon-square, and a residence in Breck nock-place, Somers-town. He left the house on the 13th of April, and went to reside at No. 16, Owen's-row, Gos well-street. He sold his furniture by public aution, at Brecknock-place, on the 13th of April. The furniture realised 32/., and the net sum was 221. 7s. 9d. He had a wife and six children to support. He disposed of the property at that particular period, as he intended to make a great change in his mode of living. The sale had no reference to the verdict passing against him. He had kept no hook in his business as an engraver, because he did not want them. He had worked for the Rev. Mr. Mason, of the City-road, and had received 47/., in March last, of that gentleman, for engraving plates for a work called the " Youth's Instructor," a religious book, which he dared say he (Mr. Nicholls) had not read. He had received 181. from Mr. Mason since his imprisonment. He had worked whilst in prison for the same gentleman, and had now a claim against him (16 guineas) for plates supplied for the same publication. He further stated that he had been overseer of St. Pancras. He was not now overseer. He was appointed in April, 1835, to Easter, 1836. His salary as vestry clerk and clerk to the guardians of the poor was 3001. a year, out of which he had to pay an assistant 70/. a year. He had no fees of office or presents. His predecessor, Mr. Scadding, had them." He was still vestry clerk. The insolvent was questioned as to the receipt of his salary and additional payments for extra services. He had received a balance of his quarter's salary of 251. in the lock-up house, where, he said, he wanted it.—(Laughter.) He had acted as clerk during his imprisonment, and had signed cheques. The insolvent was then examined as to the expenditure of the money he had received since the trial of the action. He had paid rent and taxes out of the sale of the furniture, and tradesmen's hills. He had not made any offer to Tarr, as he was not a creditor until he signed final judgment in May. There was now nothing for his creditors. In answer to questions propounded by Mr. COOKE, he said he intended to sell his furniture twelve months ago. Mr. Scadding, the attorney in the action, was his prede cessor in office, and had now the management of the op position. Mr. Nienous contended that the sale of the furniture after the verdict had passed against him was done to de prive Mr. Tarr of any portion of his claim ; and that some additional evidence of the disbursement of the money was required. HATTON-GARDEN. On Thursday, Mrs. Ann Hunt, the wife of a respecta ble inhabitant of Cloudesley-terrace, Islington, before Mr. LAING, in the custody of a constable of the E division, charged by S ara h P o pl e w ith having stolen a blanket, under the f o ll ow i ng c i rcums t a nces. stated of the that prosecutrix, an eccen t r i c woman , being sworn, 0 that she formerly occupied apartments in the house a prisoner's husband, and on quitting them she cla imed _ blanket, which she took w ith h er t o the lodgings, but e the prisoner refused to d e li ver it up t o h e r, and she gave he r into custody, wa s broug ht Mr. Hunt, the husband of the prisoner, with evide. fi t indignation, said that it was an i n f amo us and unfoundesae charge. Some time ago Miss Pople came t o his h° to inquire after furnish e d a p ar t men t s w hich he had to let, describing herself as a l a dy o f p ro p er ty, and she referr.e2 him to persons of re s p ec t a bility f or a c h ara cter, with whit c i L i he was satisfied, and she took possession of the apartments; but she had not been th ere l ong w h en s h e adopted a W s eccentric course of cond uc t, an d b ecam e a source of ailn; no ante to the whole of hi s family and everybody in house, and, on being remons t ra t e d w ith, s he would use tlbeas most violent language, an d a very di sgrac eful epithet w frequently applied to hi s w if e ; an d w h enev er he interfered he came in for his share of unmeasured abuse, and every vulgar epithet that her imagination could conjure up we r ,_ , applied to him. She charged his servent, a few weeks bac; with stealing her shawl, and she was charged by her at du d office, when the charge was proved to be a false one, a $ % the prisoner was discharged free from imputation. 'P. ultimately succeeded in getting rid of her, but prior tu, leaving she claimed a blanket, which she said she brough` with her to the lodging, but being convinced of the ca ll " trary, they refused to d e li ver it t o h er , an d s he took out ad summons for the value of the article against his wife, an the case was heard on th a t d a y a t t h e Court of Requests, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, w h en s h e f a il e d, a nd on his wife leaving the Court, she was a b use d b y t h e pros ecutrix, w" f gave her into the custody of a policeman on a charg e stealing the blanket. Mrs. Hunt, who s t oo d a t th e b ar exceedingly affects and shedding tears, was ordered by Mr. Laing to pa prOa C nearer the bench, and not to agitate herself, but to give b e own account of the transaction. She stated that sh e h a d been grossly abused and, i n a. stilted by the pro s e cu t r i x , w h o ca ll e d her oPPr°b"°-5 names, and her state men t was a re i terat i on band's. The blanket b e l onge d t o h er , an d was o n her tba bed, in which the p rosecu t r i x s l ept on t h e fi rs t night she entered her hou se . Mr. LAING—You a re di sc h arge d f rom t hi s o ffi ce fr ee from all imputation, and I feel satisfied, that from what have beard, that it is as gross , ma li c i ous, an d unfounde d- charge as ever I heard o f, an d h e ca ll e d t h e prosec utrix, t° whom he repeated his o pi n i on o f th e case. Prosecutrix (boldly)—lt is all tru e . of her has" The prosecutrix, wh ose appearance an d mann ers we re exceedingly strange, quitted the office, evidently dit pointed, but not the l eas t a b as h e d , an d t h ere was an h— pression that her intellects were deranged. UNION-HALL. so* Yesterday, two youn g men , name d Th omas an d Di L t who have been pre v i ous ly conv i cte d o f f e l ony, wer e broug; before Mr. TRAILL, ch arge d w i t h entering the hens* 0 Mr. Ross, in Webber- s t ree t, an d stea li ng a nec kl ace of Or a value, the property of his niece. The MAGISTRATES committed both the prisoners for trial- THAMES-UFFICE. Yesterday, Captai n J o h n B unt i ng, t h e master o f the s h IP, Retrench, a We s t I n di aman , was c h arged before Mr. 13:it LANTINE and Mr. BRODERIP, with committing an as los'd of an aggravat e d c h arac t er on J o h n M a i l, a yout h beng' ing to the same vessel, on the high seas. The complainant, in May last, as the ship was Deal the island of J ama i ca , was or d ere d to leave the w h ee l, a% go aloft and c l ear th e flag. When h e came dO wn t°o s the helm again, an d th e capta i n came aft and struck Ilin3. violent blow o n th e h ea d w i t h hi s spy-glass. He drov e hl a 01 forward, and struck him several times with his fists, a ° knocked him down. On recovering his feet, the capti i a. sent him to the wh ee l, w h ere h e aga i n struck him with 0 fists and knocked hi m d own. W h i le he was down thb, captain kicked him as hard as he was able in the 0 10 % with his feet, and caused his mouth to bleed profusely. " 0 "f lips were swollen for severa l d ays, an d he felt the e ff e cts the blow on the head for a considerable time. The lad, in answer to a question from Mr. BRODEI'Ir' could not tell what the captain beat him for. James Fuller, an able seaman, who rolled about J'a a l/ curious way, and whose manner of giving evidence eau se se much amusement, sa id b e was ma ki ng a coloured bag e'°A to the fore-hatchway, and saw the youngster drove forviai b with the C a pt a i n ' s fi s t s . Th at was how it was done if cr was a living sin ner .—( A laugh. The Captain " waPP h e u t the youngster a secon d time. He said n o thi ng t o thatvZ d—n it, when he saw him kick him in the mouth wit'id thick shoe on, he to o k up a scru bbi ng -brush, for he °id' not stand it any lo nger . H e saw t h e youngster's 111°°" bleed. He wouldn't tell a story about it to save hi s sott is, Mr. Pelham—Th e C apta i n h as an impediment ? speech. Now, sir, on your oath, did not the boy mock Fuller--Stop a bit. Th e w i tness, a f ter dislodging a °A.;,-,t he was che w i ng , an d s h ov i ng it in his pocket said, " vl-1 tell a story; he might have grinned at him, but m ind say he did. I th oug ht i t W as very brutal, on my word 1 ela Mr. Pelh am —H ow l ong was he up aloft ? Fuller 0;0 the youngster was aloft fifteen minutes, and he would t at i the truth. H e cou ld h ave done it in less time, but ." was neith er h ere nor t h ere.—(Laughter.) c " 4 said Fuller, " he has complained of mocking his 0315 00 , tunes, but I n ever saw hi m d o i t. I ' ll tell the trut h if drowned next voyage."—(Great laughter.) a l° Mr. BAL LANTINE t o ld t h e w i tness to stop, an d -- 0 had a great deal more sail than ballast. The question w i ir not simply whether the youth mocked the captagivo firmity or no t, b ut w h et h er t h e punishment was exe°s - or not, and it did really appear to him that it was. , o ld It was the opinion o f th e B enc h t h at the captain sa c) re , pay a fine of 50 s . t o th e Ki ng, an d the costs, 4s. 6d. W° So violent was the gale on Saturday, that sel flies were lit era lly bl own d own on t h e cliffs. The chain-P8 as usual, withstood the swell.—Brighton Gazette. THE FI RST B ALLOONS IN ENGLAND. T he first a ccounts o f t h e ascent of b alloons in France were rece'r with scepticism by all c l asses i n E ng l an d . Among i the to we' orders it was su ffi c i ent that they were of French orig i n mulate their prejudices ; consequently, when the first el,c e l• ment of an ascent was proposed i n the north garden a - si r sea College, as the operator was not ready at the tirl Long, nounced, the mob b ro k e d own t h e wall, injured many P— son of quality w h o h a d pa id f or admission, tore the balloo n o t car into ten thousa n d pi eces, staved the vitriol casks (at he time us e d f or th e purpose of i nflation), and committedt°t outrages. Th e F renc h man w h o had endeavoured to n'a'hetieo experiment and his assistants escaped, or they would cleaTots have shared th e f ate o f t h e b alloon. Amon other ot h er stirna - 0 for the vulgar, it h a d b een c i rculated by the clergy that bt as impious to attempt to ascend to heaven by this means 'dit the tower of Babel its e lf. Th e next attempt was by and to secure himself aga i nst s i m i lar violence, he availe",oo self of the ground of th e A rt ill ery Company ; and hi s 9u-a 0 having removed prejudices, ballooning at that time bena ni en to great a public rage, th a t Bl anc h art made perio di ca l os' Ac is for several months amidst the plaudits of hundreds of thet a of spectators. itbr (ADVERTISEMENT.)—T, COX SAVORY, Goo,--ba, • &c., 47, Cornhill, London, inform s th e P u bli c , that 1 1,00 i considerable variety of SECOND -HAND GOLD WA-I'c We any of which he offer s a t EIGHT GUINEAS each. put' all been carefully o ver l oo k e d , and are warranted.— ji Wa te- chased in exchange. ITH. On the 4th i ns t., a t Gray's B R Vicarage, Essex, the lady of the F. D. Panter, of a son. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Mary Aldermary, by the Rev . * car o pr. linef son, Rector, John R ow , E sq., of Camberwell, to MU"' eldest daughter of Ch ar l es P enny, Esq., of London. E ~ q to On the 3d inst., at Keswick, Frederick Bradburne , Laura, youngest datighter of the late J. Warner, Escl• On the sth inst., a t All S ouls ' Church, Laughano-P e-e s 'ecoli Stocking, of High-street, Marylebone, to M4ry A nne ' daughter of Mr. Robertson, of Oxford-street. lros ibru' On the sth inst., at the Friends' Meeting-house , e hle o Thomas Fardon, of Henley-upon-Thames, to Catherine, daughter of John Marriage, of Barns Farm, n ear Chelrel Se ( ' On the 4th inst., a t N ewport, Monmouthshire, Georg e Esq., to Anna G., daughter of the late Colonel Robbins. Cbat On the 6th inst., a t St. J ames ' s Ch urc h , Pi cca dilly, ' 3 e Klaftenberger, of R egen t- street, to A nn, on l y d aug hter °` Bruce, of Cranbourn• street. a, E sq.' On the 4th inst., at Farlington Church, J. M. Arn o a _ t i l goug e ' to Georgina, daughter of J. Wilkinson, Esq., o f p a rbr Hants. DIED. ea 64 ' On the 4th inst., at Rodney-terrace West, Mile-end,. l o f the Mr. William Taylor, upwards of forty years in the service Bank of England. goPee On the 16th of July, at Simon's-town, Cape of Goou sdh aste Charles Harris, third mate of the " Ganges," Captain nr°,_ . ,tree 4 and second son of Charles Harris, Esq., surgeon, Fenchurcli aged 20. sufA ll " On the sth inst., aged 81, John Scott, Esq., of BuogaY' 4B , Piif * On the 3d inst., in Lansdo wne -crescent, B a th, aged ..' Horde. At Foolow, Derbyshire, Benjamin Wyatt, Esq., age d 68 ,i Fr e. On the 6th inst., in Northwick-tarrace, Harriet, wif e 4ic t s i g th inst., in Bloomsbury-square, aged 7Os 71" d t 'ir etl iry 1 ' ", Ma o d n an t , h E e tohfietkh,eitnlhaetceoalrtVnhillvliainallsm.t.,Newcombe, Esq., of Fleet-street , an yid 13r4 of L d On r House, Bucks,and Mytton, rington Halt, d e Baygrove Hall, Leicestershire GP On the 30th ult., It Brighon, Charlotte, wife of hrl d 1 Ai r daughter Selina w of ife th o e f 1 1‘ at l e . EK.nal.l),BEursnqalsy, S(1. I l i‘ a i n on d tg o o n in ly er d y a s u h g ir h e t . er of Lieut.-Col. Dar ien, ondon : 0 0 14 TlO , t •Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,' 0 40 I --: 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in tli e • of Middlesex.—Saturday, October 8, 1836. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1836. Aft 1